The year in music: City became a world stage

7:09 AM,
Dec. 23, 2012

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It was a momentous year for music in Cincinnati. How can one even begin to describe the magnitude of the World Choir Games? Cincinnati played host to the "Olympics of choral music" and knocked it out of the ballpark. And that's just the start. The year was memorable for spectacular performances, sold-out venues, new leaders and the loss of a major patron of the arts.

Extraordinary events spanning the worlds of music and visual art were in the news, too, including an exhibition of a long-forgotten collection of musical instruments and the re-discovery of priceless art-carved panels that once ...